VDB-341006 · CVE-2025-68965 · GCVE-0-2025-68965

Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0/6.0.0 Notepad information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0/6.0.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Notepad Module. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-68965. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0/6.0.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Notepad Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Permission control vulnerability in the Notepad module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

The advisory is available at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-68965 since 12/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/17/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

HarmonyOS

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 2.2
VulDB Temp Score: 2.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔒

CNA Base Score: 4.7
CNA Vector (huawei): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

12/27/2025 CVE reserved
01/14/2026 +18 days Advisory disclosed
01/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/17/2026 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-68965 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-68965
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-341006

Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2026 08:34
Updated: 01/17/2026 08:33
Changes: 01/14/2026 08:34 (63), 01/17/2026 08:33 (11)
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